Table 1.

Comparison of baseline demographics and knowledge scores between control and intervention groups.

		Intervention	Control	Overall sample
Age – Mean (range)		54.23 (27.9-86.19)	54.44 (26.81-92.15)	54.34 (26.81-92.15)
Gender – N (%)
	Female	79 (77.45%)	85 (82.52%)	164 (80.0%)
	Male	23 (22.55%)	18 (17.48%)	41 (20.0%)
Language – N (%)
	Xhosa	66 (60.55%)	72 (63.16%)	138 (61.88%)
	English	43 (39.45%)	40 (35.09%)	83 (37.22%)
	Afrikaans	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.75%)	2 (0.90%)
Marital status – N (%)
	Married	48 (44.04%)	47 (41.23%)	95 (42.60%)
	Single living with partner	5 (4.59%)	3 (2.63%)	8 (3.59%)
	Single living with family	47 (43.12%)	51 (44.74%)	98 (43.95%)
	Single living with others	2 (1.83%)	2 (1.75%)	4 (1.79%)
	Divorced	3 (2.75%)	1 (0.88%)	4 (1.79%)
	Widow or widower	4 (3.67%)	10 (8.77%)	14 (6.28%)
Education – N (%)
	Below Grade 7	20 (18.35%)	26 (22.81%)	46 (20.63%)
	Between Grade 7 and 12	63 (57.80%)	62 (54.39%)	125 (56.05%)
	Passed matric	23 (21.10%)	24 (21.05%)	47 (21.08%)
	No matric but diploma	2 (1.83%)	1 (0.88%)	3 (1.35%)
	Postmatric qualification	1 (0.92%)	1 (0.88%)	2 (0.90%)
Employment status – N (%)
	Unemployed	55 (50.46%)	48 (42.11%)	103 (46.19%)
	Employed	26 (23.85%)	32 (28.07%)	58 (26.01%)
	Pension	27 (24.77%)	34 (29.82%)	61 (27.35%)
	Not looking for employment	1 (0.92%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.45%)
Monthly income – N (%)
	None	24 (22.02%)	18 (15.79%)	42 (18.83%)
	Less than R4000	26 (23.85%)	32 (28.07%)	58 (26.01%)
	R4000-R10,000	1 (0.92%)	2 (1.75%)	3 (1.35%)
	Pension or social grant	58 (53.21%)	62 (54.39%)	120 (53.81%)
Hypertensive knowledge score – Mean (range)		8.77 (1-15)	8.54 (2-16)	8.65 (1-16)
Health-seeking behavior score – Median (range)		8 (2-10)	8 (4-11)	8 (2-11)
Overall score – Median (range)		17 (3-24)	16 (8-22)	17 (3-24)